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Staff proposes separation rules for laundromats and other personal services to prevent clustering
Summary
Planning staff recommended reintroducing laundromats as a defined land use with a 500-foot separation rule and discussed distance limits or moratoria for barbershops and smoke shops to avoid concentrations near schools and along corridors.
Gabriel Perez told the council staff wants to reintroduce a laundromat land-use category in the urban mixed-use zones and to allow laundromats with a conditional use permit and a minimum separation distance, suggesting 500 feet to avoid clustering.
Council members raised parental concerns about smoke shops near schools and asked staff to map current locations and consider distance limits similar to alcohol business buffers. Perez responded that distance requirements were the likely tool rather than a broad moratorium, but that a moratorium could be considered if council preferred.
Staff will return with examples from other cities and proposed distance standards for council feedback before drafting an ordinance for planning commission review.
